Flatiron stand and cord support



March 19, 1940. H. J. HAUCK FLATIRON STAND AND CORD SUPPORT Filed June 13, 1938 ATTO R N EYS Patented Mar. 19, 1940 UNITED STATES PATENT V OFFICE rm'rmon STAND AND coan sorroa'r Heinrich J. Hanck, Schenectady, N. Y.

Application June 1:, ms, Serial No. 213,521

1 Claim.

This invention relates to flatiron stands and cord supports and has for an object to provide a device of this character in which the flatiron stand is provided with a socket member'for securing an upright flexible cord holding rod to the stand, the socket member being slidably mounted upon the stand to adjust the rod transversely of the ironing board so that the rod will support the wire in the most convenient position to accommodate movements of the operator.

A further object is to provide a flatiron stand of this type having a metal support for the flatiron, the support having one face covered with asbestos so that the stand may be reversed and either the metal face or the asbestos face used for contact with the flatiron.

A further object is to provide a device of this character which will be formed of a few strong 1 simple and durable parts, which will be inexpensive to manufacture, and which will not easily get out of order.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists of certain novel details of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed, it being understood that various modifications may be resorted to within the scope of the appended claim without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification,

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a flatiron stand constructed in accordance with the invention and applied to an ironing board.

Figure 2 is a plan view of the parts shown in Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the flatiron stand, with portions broken away, and showing the slidably mounted socket member and lower portions and the rear edge portion of the plate are bent outwardly and upwardly as shown at it in Figure 3, thence downwardly as shown at It to a point beyond the bottom face of the plate and thence inwardly and upwardly as shown at IE to form a marginal bead or rib of triangular cross section for supporting the plate I spaced above the ironing board. A. sheet iii of asbestos is secured to the underneath face of the plate, three of the edge portions of the sheet being clamped between the bottom face of the plate and the upwardly and inturned portions 15 of the marginal bead. The front edge portion of the plate II is bent downwardly and rearwardly upon the front edge of the sheet to provi e a clamping flange I! for firmly securing the front edge of the sheet to the plate.

A socket member 18, best shown in Figure 3, is slidably fitted on the rear bead of the plate. The socket member is formed of a single blank of metal bent to provide guide and retaining flanges l9 and 20 which extend along the inclined portions l3 and I of the marginal bead, respectively. The socket member is provided with an offset central portion forming a socket 2| which is open at the top and at the bottom so that the socket may receive the lower end of the cord supporting rod 22 regardless of whether the metal face or the asbestos face of the stand is being used to support the flatiron.

The rod 22 is formed of resilient metal and is bent at the bottom to provide a resilient hook 23 which expands against the inner face of the socket member 2| and frictionally holds the rod upright. The rod is provided near its lower end with a helical coil 24 through which the flatiron cord 25 is threaded. The upper end of the rod is provided with a loop 26 through which the cord is threaded. The rod by virtue of its resiliency yields to accommodate movement of the flatiron in use and the slidably mounted socket member may be adjusted transversely of the stand to position the rod at a location most convenient to permit freedom of movement of the flatiron without the cord interfering with the movements of the operator.

A pair of resilient clamps, best shown in Figure 5, are provided for mounting the stand upon the ironing board 21. Each clamp comprises an open ring 28 which is adapted to be placed astride of the edge of the ironing board, and a pair of legs 29 and 30, one of which is adapted to enter the open end of the marginal rib on one edge of the plate It, and the other of which is adapted to engage the underneath face of the ironing board, as best shown in Figure 1. One of these clamps isdisposed on the longitudinal edge of the ironing board and the other upon the rear tion, and a socket member formed from a single blank of material bent to provide guide and retaining flanges extending along said marginal flange and slidably engaging the marginal flange, the member being provided with an oflset center portion forming a socket open at thetop and at the bottom adapted to frictional]: receive the lower end of a cord supporting standard.

HEINRICH J. HAUCK. 

